main course

WORD FOCUS: meal WORD FOCUS: meal meals at different times of day:breakfast, brunch, lunch, teaBritish English, dinner, suppera meal outside:picnic, barbecuealsobarbieinformal, cookoutAmerican Englishwhen you quickly eat a little food :snack, a bite to eata very big meal for a lot of people:banquet, feastparts of a meal:starterBritish English, appetizerAmerican English (the first course)main course/entreeespecially AmE, side dish (eaten with the main course)dessertalsopuddingsweetBritish English (sweet food eaten at the end of the meal)➔ See alsomeal

Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Advanced Learner's Dictionary.